Publications - Ehsan Latif

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2025

Multimodality of AI for Education: Towards Artificial General Intelligence

G. Lee, L. Shi, E. Latif, Y. Gao, A. Bewersdorff, M. Nyaaba, ... & X. Zhai

IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies

May 2025

DOI

2025

Unveiling Scoring Processes: Dissecting the Differences between LLMs and Human Graders in Automatic Scoring

X. Wu, P. P. Saraf, G. G. Lee, E. Latif, N. Liu, & X. Zhai

Technology, Knowledge and Learning

March 2025

DOI

2025

Fine-Tuning ChatGPT for Automatic Scoring of Written Scientific Explanations in Chinese

J. Yang, E. Latif, & X. Zhai

Journal of Science Education and Technology

February 2025

DOI

2024

Communication-Efficient Multi-Robot Exploration Using Coverage-biased Distributed Q-Learning

E. Latif & R. Parasuraman

IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters

March 2024

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2024

Fine-tuning ChatGPT for Automatic Scoring

E. Latif & X. Zhai

Computers and Education: Artificial Intelligence

2024

DOI

2024

Applying Large Language Models and Chain-of-Thought for Automatic Scoring

G. G. Lee, E. Latif, X. Wu, N. Liu, & X. Zhai

Computers & Education: Artificial Intelligence

2024

DOI

2024

Instantaneous Wireless Robotic Node Localization Using Collaborative Direction of Arrival

E. Latif & R. Parasuraman

IEEE Internet of Things Journal

January 2024

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2025

Privacy-Preserved Automated Scoring using Federated Learning for Educational Research

E. Latif & X. Zhai

International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED 2025)

2025

Efficient multi-task inference: Model merging with Gromov-Wasserstein feature alignment

L. Fang, E. Latif, H. Lu, Y. Zhou, P. Ma, & X. Zhai

International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED 2025)

2025

2024

Artificial Intelligence Bias on English Language Learners in Automatic Scoring

S. Guo, Y. Wang, J. Yu, X. Wu, B. Aykin, F. Watt, E. Latif, L. Liu, N. Liu, & X. Zhai

International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED 2025)

2024

2025

Efficient Multi-Task Inferencing with a Shared Backbone and Lightweight Task-Specific Adapters for Automatic Scoring

E. Latif & X. Zhai

AAAI Workshop on Meta-Innovation and Responsibility in AI-Supported Education (2025)

2025

2024

Gemini Pro Defeated by GPT-4V: Evidence from Education

G. Lee, L. Shi, E. Latif, & X. Zhai

NeurIPS Workshop on Large Foundation Models for Educational Assessment

2024

Anchor-Oriented Localized Voronoi Partitioning for GPS-denied Multi-Robot Coverage

A. Munir, E. Latif, Y. Gui, & R. Parasuraman

IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)

2024

DOI

2024

HGP-RL: Distributed Hierarchical Gaussian Processes for Wi-Fi-based Relative Localization in Multi-Robot Systems

E. Latif & R. Parasuraman

IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)

2024

DOI

2024

Object-Oriented Material Classification and 3D Clustering for Improved Semantic Perception and Mapping in Mobile Robots

S. Ravipati, E. Latif, S. Bhandarkar, & R. Parasuraman

IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)

2024

DOI

2024

PhysicsAssistant: An LLM-Powered Interactive Learning Robot for Physics Lab Investigations

E. Latif, R. Parasuraman, & X. Zhai

IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN)

2024

DOI

2024

Knowledge Distillation of LLM for Automatic Scoring of Science Education Assessments

E. Latif, L. Fang, P. Ma, & X. Zhai

International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED 2024)

DOI

2024

Automatic Scoring of Students' Science Writing Using Hybrid Neural Network

E. Latif & X. Zhai

AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (2024)

Paper

2023

On the Intersection of Computational Geometry Algorithms with Mobile Robot Path Planning

E. Latif & R. Parasuraman

Algorithms

November 2023

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2023

The Promise of LLMs for Educational Assessment: A Systematic Review of ChatGPT, GPT-4, and Beyond

E. Latif, J. Robert, & D. W. Moore

Computers and Education: Artificial Intelligence

September 2023

DOI

2023

Evaluating ChatGPT: How Generative AI Models Perform on Automated Scoring of Short-Response Science Assessment Items

E. Latif, J. Robert, & D. W. Moore

Journal of Science Education and Technology

July 2023

DOI

2023

SEAL: Simultaneous Exploration and Localization for Multi-Robot Systems

E. Latif & R. Parasuraman

IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)

2023

DOI

2023

Communication-Efficient Reinforcement Learning in Swarm Robotic Networks for Maze Exploration

E. Latif & R. Parasuraman

IEEE Conference on Computer Communications Workshops (INFOCOM WKSHPS)

2023

DOI

2022

DGORL: Distributed Graph Optimization based Relative Localization of Multi-Robot Systems

E. Latif & R. Parasuraman

International Symposium on Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems (DARS)

2022

DOI

2022

Multi-Robot Synergistic Localization in Dynamic Environments

E. Latif & R. Parasuraman

ISR Europe 2022; 54th International Symposium on Robotics

2022

IEEE Xplore

2022

Energy-Aware Multi-Robot Task Allocation in Persistent Tasks

E. Latif, A. Munir, Y. Gui, & R. Parasuraman

IEEE International Symposium on Swarm Behavior and Bio-Inspired Robotics

2022

Message Expiration-Based Distributed Multi-Robot Task Management

Y. Gui, E. Latif, & R. Parasuraman

IEEE International Symposium on Swarm Behavior and Bio-Inspired Robotics

2022

2020

Mobile web browsing under memory pressure

I. A. Qazi, Z. A. Qazi, T. A. Benson, G. Murtaza, E. Latif, A. Manan, & A. Tariq

ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review

October 2020

DOI

2025

Automatic Scoring Platform for AI-Based Formative Assessment

E. Latif, X. Zhai, H. Amerman, & X. He

Uses of Artificial Intelligence in STEM Education, Oxford University Press

2025

In Press

Intelligent Tutor for STEM Learning

E. Latif, W. Ma, & X. Zhai

Artificial Intelligence for STEM Education Research – Advanced Methods and Applications. Springer.

In Press

Using Artificial Intelligence for Automatic Scoring

E. Latif, W. Ma, & X. Zhai

Artificial Intelligence for STEM Education Research – Advanced Methods and Applications. Springer.

In Press

Under Review

AI Gender Bias, Disparities, and Fairness: Does Training Data Matter?

E. Latif, X. Zhai, & L. Liu

Educational Technology & Society (Under Review); Preprint: arXiv

arXiv

Under Review

Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) for Education

E. Latif, G. Mai, M. Nyaaba, X. Wu, N. Liu, G. Lu, S. Li, T. Liu, & X. Zhai

Technology and Society (Under Review); Preprint: arXiv

arXiv

Awards & Honors

CPS Rising Star 2025

Awarded a highly competitive fellowship to attend the NSF Cyber Physical Systems Rising Star Workshop and PI meeting.

Pioneers of Natural Sciences Laboratory Robotics Award (ICRA-24)

Selected for the Pioneers of Natural Sciences Laboratory Robotics talk at ICRA 2024 and received an award of £500.

CGS/ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Award Nominee

PhD dissertation nominated by the University of Georgia for the 2024 ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Award.

Graduate Research Excellence Award

Nominated by the School of Computing at the University of Georgia for research excellence during doctoral studies.

James L. Carmon Scholarship Award (Honorable Mention)

Received for excellence in designing and implementing efficient computing algorithms for robotics.